More About JOALI

An overview

It took more than £78 million and the skills of 900-plus craftsmen to transform Muravandhoo – a deserted island in the middle of Raa Atoll in northern Maldives – into this first-rate resort. Raa Atoll, one of the deepest and largest in the archipelago, was badly damaged by El Nino in 2016, and the ghostly vestiges of its once-dazzling corals now lie stricken on the seabed. Thankfully, this has not deterred the myriad species of fish that spend their days picking over the bleached carcasses and dancing, darting, flitting and floating just metres from the shore; 20 minutes on a boat will take you to turtle-feeding stations.